Taney Place is a historic home located at

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. It is a simple, two-story,

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-style country house, dating from about 1750. It was the birthplace and childhood home of

Roger Brooke Taney Roger Brooke Taney (; March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was the fifth chief justice of the United States, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864. Although an opponent of slavery, believing it to be an evil practice, Taney belie ...

(1777–1864), who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1836 to 1864. It was listed on the

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in 1972.

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*, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust * Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses in Calvert County, Maryland Georgian architecture in Maryland Houses completed in 1750 Historic American Buildings Survey in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Calvert County, Maryland {{CalvertCountyMD-NRHP-stub